Armored Units of the Russian Civil War – Book Review
The Vanguard line of Osprey Publishing is limited to subjects of a technical nature.
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The Few and the Proud – Book Review
If you ask any Marine the first thing they remember about joining the Marine Corps, it is guaranteed that they will all say their Drill Instructors.
Read MoreMoscow 1941 – Hitler’s First Defeat – Book Review
This book provides good information for those looking to learn the basics of what happened before Moscow in 1941 and raises some interesting points.
Read MoreOperation Jedburgh – Book Review
Every time you think that there is no subject regarding World War II that has not been exhaustively covered, along comes a book like this. Beavan has authored one of those books that informs as well as entertains.
Read MoreThe Faithful Spy – Book Review
This book is highly recommended for anybody who is interested in a good espionage thriller or just wants to learn what makes the Muslim extremist tick.
Read MoreWhy We Fight – Movie Review
Some will see it as propaganda to be sure, but it is nowhere as inflammatory as M. Moore's Fahrenheit 911, and draws on a wide variety of sources to attempt to show all sides of this complex issue.
Read MoreFlodden 1513 – Book Review
James IV is often criticised because of his loss at Flodden. It is a large part of why Scotland is not a wholly independent nation today.
Read MoreThe Jolly Rogers – Book Review
The F4U Corsair is undoubtedly one of the greatest warplanes ever created. To the Japanese it was known as the ‘Whistling Death’ because of the unique sounds created by this plane making attack runs
Read MoreFlags of our Fathers – Movie Review
This film presents the gritty and ugly truth of the flag-raising on Mount Suribachi. To Marines on Iwo Jima and to citizens on the home front, the flag became a beacon of hope.
Read MoreHMMWV Humvee – Book Review
While it might lack the detail and depth of a larger book there is a great deal of information and lots of photos packed in this offering by Osprey.
Read MoreParachute Infantry – Book Review
Many stories tell of the rough training, the harsh realities of war and the camaraderie that can grow between men in combat, but few do so with the language skills of a Harvard educated English major.
Read MoreBeyond Band of Brothers – Book Review
Major Winters dissects his wartime experiences in detail to the reader, and puts the reader in his jump boots with him.
Read MoreZulu – Movie Review
Zulus! Thousands of them! We cast a kindly retrospective eye over this classic war movie. Fix bayonets and read on...
Read MoreBlitzkrieg: In Their Own Words – Book Review
The German Wehrmacht (Armed Forces) suffered tremendous casualties during World War II. This was especially true of the soldiers who made up the prewar Heer or Army.
Read MoreThe Normans – Warrior Knights and their Castles – Book Review
This highly researched and well chronicled accounting of the Normans should be next on your list of military or European history books-to-get list!
Read MoreThe Yugoslav Wars – Book Review
This is another excellent addition for anyone familiar with Osprey Publishing's work. For those not familiar with Osprey's line of books this would make a good beginning.
Read MoreBiggest Brother – Book Review
Author Larry Alexander, spent time with Dick Winters, and using those hours and other sources gives us a glimpse into Winter's life before, during, and after the war.
Read MoreWeapons of the U.S. Army Rangers – Book Review
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be an Army Ranger? Have you ever wondered what equipment the modern Ranger goes into battle with?
Read MoreNot a Good Day to Die – Book Review
Sean Naylor's history of Operation Anaconda is a brilliant recollection of the confusing days leading up to the mission.
Read MoreThe War Diaries – Book Review
War blights everything it touches, laying waste to whatever fall into its path. It is pervasive in its destructiveness, indiscriminate in its cruelty, random in its brutality.
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